#7389: can't link postgresql-libpq on windows -------------------------------+-------------------------------------------- Reporter: eflister | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: GHCi | Version: 7.4.1 Keywords: | Os: Windows Architecture: x86_64 (amd64) | Failure: Runtime crash Difficulty: Unknown | Testcase: Blockedby: | Blocking: Related: | -------------------------------+-------------------------------------------- Changes (by igloo): * difficulty: => Unknown Old description:

i follow the instructions here: https://github.com/hdbc/hdbc-postgresql/wiki/WindowsInstall

and when cabal tries to link, i get:

Loading package postgresql-libpq-0.8.2.1 ... ghc.exe: Unknown PEi386 section name `.idata$4' (while processing: c:/PROGRA~2/POSTGR~1/9.1/lib\libpq.a) ghc.exe: panic! (the 'impossible' happened) (GHC version 7.4.1 for i386-unknown-mingw32): loadArchive "c:/PROGRA~2/POSTGR~1/9.1/lib\\libpq.a": failed

Please report this as a GHC bug: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug

New description: i follow the instructions here: https://github.com/hdbc/hdbc-postgresql/wiki/WindowsInstall and when cabal tries to link, i get: {{{ Loading package postgresql-libpq-0.8.2.1 ... ghc.exe: Unknown PEi386 section name `.idata$4' (while processing: c:/PROGRA~2/POSTGR~1/9.1/lib\libpq.a) ghc.exe: panic! (the 'impossible' happened) (GHC version 7.4.1 for i386-unknown-mingw32): loadArchive "c:/PROGRA~2/POSTGR~1/9.1/lib\\libpq.a": failed Please report this as a GHC bug: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug }}} -- -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7389#comment:2 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler